Financial Analyst - Revenue and Commissions

About Us:

Guardian Security was founded in 1976, and we have been serving Washington State with their life and property protection needs since then - for officially 50 years! We are locally owned and operated, with four offices located in Yakima, Tacoma, Bellingham, and in the SODO district of Seattle.

To learn more about us, visit https://www.guardiansecurity.com/ 

Kindness – Growth Mindset – Technical Excellence – Safety – Predictable Success – Customer Heroes

Position Summary:

The Finance Analyst – Revenue and Commissions is responsible for managing the end-to-end sales commission process—including calculation, accrual, and analysis—while also assisting in revenue recognition, reconciliation, and reporting initiatives. This role ensures all sales contracts and commission plans are accounted for in accordance with US GAAP (specifically ASC 606 and ASC 340-40). This role will collaborate closely with Sales Operations, Finance, and IT to improve processes, maintain internal controls, and support accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting.

Schedule: M-F

During training, hours are typically 7:30am - 4:30pm PST. After training, there’s more flexibility, as long as the majority of your working hours fall within our core business hours (7:00am –5:00pm PST) and you’re available for required meetings.

Work Setting: Remote

Pay: $70,000 – $82,000

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

• Commissions Management: Calculate and book monthly/quarterly commission accruals, ensuring accurate payment processing and alignment with sales plans. Assist in designing and reviewing commission structures to align with company growth targets.
• Revenue Recognition & ASC 606: Review customer contracts to ensure proper revenue recognition for multi-element arrangements, including recurring monthly revenue and the management of deferred revenue and contract assets.
• Deferred Costs Accounting: Calculate, record, and amortize deferred commission assets related to contract acquisition costs.
• Month-End Close & Reporting: Lead revenue and commission-related month-end close activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and variance analysis. Assist in developing and maintaining revenue reporting dashboards.
• Process Improvement & Controls: Design and maintain internal controls for revenue and commissions, implementing efficiencies to streamline workflows.
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with Sales, operations and IT to ensure commission plans and contract terms are accurately reflected in financial systems.

Key Competencies:

• Proven ability to build revenue and commissions models and calculation workbooks using advanced Excel logic
• Takes ownership of revenue reporting and commission work and follows through with accuracy and consistency.
• Approaches discrepancies with curiosity, logic, and a problem‑solving mindset.
• Works carefully and thoughtfully with compensation data and pay‑related details.
• Partners easily with Payroll and Sales to keep things aligned.
• Explains commission information in a calm, clear, and respectful way.
• Stays organized, manages recurring cycles well, and works independently.
• Handles sensitive compensation information with care and professionalism.

Education and/or Experience:

• 2–4+ years of experience in finance, accounting and commissions processing
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance 
• Strong attention to detail and comfort working with numbers, calculations, and deadlines
• Advanced Excel skills (formulas, lookups, data validation, macros)
• High level of discretion when handling confidential compensation information
• Experience working cross‑functionally with Sales, Payroll, and IT
• Experience supporting sales commissions or variable compensation

Benefits:

• Low-cost medical insurance
• Low-cost dental Insurance
• Vision and Life Insurance premiums paid for by Guardian
• 401(k) with company match after 1 year
• Sick Time 
• Paid Time Off that builds with tenure
• Additional 8 paid holidays
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA)
• Flexible spending account (FSA)
• AD&D insurance
• Tuition reimbursement/PAID Professional Development PTO (24 hours that renews every year!)
• Early release Fridays during the summer months!

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of:

• MS Office Suite – comfortable with Outlook and Microsoft Word
• MS Excel – higher than average knowledge, comfortable with pivot tables, VLOOKUP’s, macros and formulas
• Working knowledge of SQL

Physical Demands/Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. This job is 99% sedentary and it uses fingers, hands, arms when working with mouse, keyboard, monitors. Close vision and distance vision are necessary. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally will lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• This role is eligible for remote work.
• The employee will perform work primarily from a home based office, using Guardian provided or approved technology.
• Regular collaboration occurs via phone, email, and video meetings with Payroll, Accounting, and Sales teams.
• Standard business hours apply, with flexibility around commission and payroll processing deadlines.

Internet Requirements: Remote positions require a strong and reliable internet connection.

We know an endless loop of interviews can be draining! To combat this, our interview process is capped at 3 interviews:

1. Phone call with internal Recruiter, 20-30 minutes

2. Video call with Director of Finance, Financial Analyst II and/or Recruiter

3. Video call with Director of Finance, Director of People & Culture, VP of Sales

Equal Employment Opportunity: We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage all qualified candidates to apply. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.